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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (C) speaks with Murad Ebrahim (3rd R), then-chief minister of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), as Nur Misuari (3rd L), leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), looks on during the ceremonial opening of the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority (BTA) in Cotabato City, in the southern Philippines on September 15, 2022. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Post-Conflict Election in the Southern Philippines Postponed for Third Time: Is Peace Unraveling?

A third postponement of elections for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao endangers a peace accord that ended a brutal war.
A billboard shows a caricature of Russian President Vladimir Putin pulling the ropes of then-fugitive oligarchs Ilan Shor (R) and Vladimir Plahotniuc (L), as if they are puppets, above words reading "They ask for your vote." The billboard was displayed in Ungheni city on September 24, 2025. (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)

How Tech Platforms Allowed Russia Into Moldova: Lessons for the EU and Others

What played out across social media throughout Moldova's recent election exposed how easily disinformation fills the gaps between state regulation and platform indifference. 
The protester holding the flags stands alone in front of a wall of about 20 officers completely covered by riot shields, each holding two shields vertically.

After Another Sham Election in Georgia, the Country’s Citizens Persist

Georgians will fight for their democracy, as the ruling party now becomes one of the world's many paranoid, insecure dictatorships that know their days are numbered.
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What Just Happened? Dismantling the Intelligence Community’s Foreign Malign Influence Center

Director of National Intelligence Gabbard is dismantling the last government unit tracking and analyzing State-sponsored interference in U.S. institutions, elections, and society.
A photo taken on April 25, 2024 shows a television transmission of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Autocracy, Corruption, and Decline: Why Hungary and Orbanism Must Never be a Model for the U.S.

Adopting Orban's model would reshape the U.S. into a country that shares Hungary's weakened checks and balances, corruption, and stumbling economy.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after a hearing in his trial on charges of illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on March 27, 2025. French prosecutors requested on March 27, 2025, a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his trial on charges of accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with the late Libyan dictator. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

The Sarkozy-Gaddafi Trial Exposes Corruption’s Devastating Effect on Libyans

Alongside its democratic commitments, France should also reckon with the human rights consequences of its Libya foreign policy and interference in the post-Sarkozy era.
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The Just Security Podcast: Dismissal of Voting Rights Lawsuits

Chiraag Bains, in conversation with Dani Schulkin, discusses the impact on voting rights enforcement and the crucial role now played by voters & advocacy groups.
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What Just Happened: The Trump Administration’s Dismissal of Voting Rights Lawsuits

Retreat from voting rights enforcement and efforts to tighten access to the ballot mark a rupture with the Civil Rights Division’s traditional role.
Anti-riot police officers stand guard in a line (Rear) as protesting university students gather. A large Turkish flag sways.

In Turkey, Peace as Pretext: Erdoğan’s Kurdish Initiative and the Authoritarian Logic Behind Arresting His Main Opponent

The arrest of the Turkish president's main rival, Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu, sharpens the contradictions of the peace effort with the Kurds.
Top shot of protesters in Diyarbakir, Turkey.

Turkey, PKK Make New Peace Overtures Amid Regional Shifts and Possible Erdogan Power Play

With new peace offerings, Turkey aims to shift complex intra-Kurdish relations that may improve regional security and Erdogan's position.
Voter Bots And Human Voters as an AI Bot voting and robots Election votes as Artificial intelligence using autonomous voter technologies disrupting elections as computer democracy as a robot vote casting ballots.

The Munich Security Conference Provides an Opportunity to Improve on the AI Elections Accord

Ahead of the Munich Security Conference, one crucial issue is at risk of falling by the wayside: protecting democracy from abuses of AI. 
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The Real Reason Trump’s Purge of Career DOJ Officials Should Alarm You

Senate Judiciary Committee and Department of Justice alum maps out the threat posed to 2028 election by President Trump's personnel moves inside the Department of Justice.
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